A look back on a good year in the theatrosphere By Simon Ogden and Ian Mackenzie Time to put 2008 to bed? Good idea. But not before we take one last look at the year that was in theatre blogging. And what a year it was! From epic online dust-ups to Internet-wide collaborations, here’s our […]
Tag: Scott Walters
The passion of the blogs
Flaccid, superficial, intellectually lazy
University of North Carolina drama professor Scott Walters is up to his old tricks again – alienating the nation all in the name of Theatre Ideas, Whatever: “Is there anybody actually thinking out there anymore? George Hunka and I have never seen eye to eye as far as theatre values, but damn it, he makes […]
If it’s broke . . .
. . . fix it. University of North Carolina theatre professor and Theatre Ideas blogger Scott Walters argues the case for the theatre generalist: “. . . given the economics of theatre, the generalist is vastly more valuable than the specialist, and that theatre history bears this out. Moliere was a great playwright AND the […]
Walters is back with more Theatre Ideas
After a 40-day hiatus, University of North Carolina theatre professor Scott Walters has revived his popular and controversial Theatre Ideas blog. Back in early May, Walters closed the doors on his blog and expressed disappointment with the regional bickering that had begun to dominate the debate: “I have used this blog, especially during the past […]
Theatre school in the age of compliance
If it’s broke – fix itBy Scott Walters Hello, Fellow North Americans! Ian Mackenzie has asked me to write a guest post for Theatre is Territory, which I am happy to do. Ian inflated my ego far beyond manageable bounds last spring when he interviewed me here, and I am pleased to have the opportunity […]
Support Local Artists Working
Over at the Theatre Ideas blog, Scott Walters has created an intriguing new project called Support Local Artists Working (SLAW). In Walters’ words, here’s what the project is about: The Goal: to increase the hiring of local talent by major regional theatres. The Pay-Off: Increased employment for local artists, increased ticket sales for the major […]
Theatre education series
U.S. theatre professors Scott Walters and Tom Loughlin recently put their heads together to produce a great five-part blog post series on the state of theatre education in America. One of the arguments that emerges from these posts is the idea that theatre education has lost the ability to critically evaluate its own process – […]
A piece of NY-centric bigotry?
This is why we love Scott Walters and his awesome Theatre Ideas blog. In his latest post, he calls bullshit on our previous post and the show it “apparently recommends”, Iowa 08. Click here for more great and interesting discussion led by one of America’s great theatre bloggers.
Theatre is dead; long live theatre
In the third in his series of follow-ups to our recent interview with him, University of North Carolina theatre professor Scott Walters has elaborated on this question: What the fuck is going on? His expanded answer explores Terry Schiavo and the theatre coma – plus notes on what it means to be a communitarian in […]
Red-state theatre
In the second in his series of follow-ups to our recent interview with him (and some of the heated discussion the followed elsewhere), University of North Carolina theatre professor Scott Walters has elaborated on this question: Do you think conservative, right-wing politics are somehow fundamentally at odds with the arts community? In expanding his argument, […]
The New York City problem?
In what he’s said will be the first in a series of follow-ups to our recent interview with him (and some of the comments that followed), University of North Carolina theatre professor Scott Walters has elaborated on the “centralization of theatre” issue. In this post, he argues that the centralization of American theatre is sapping […]
10 questions: Scott Walters
1) What the fuck is going on?We’re witnessing the Schiavo-ization of theatre as an art form – it’s dead, but we keep pretending it isn’t. People keep pointing at record ticket sales on Broadway and at regional theatres as proof that there’s life in the old girl yet, but Terry Schiavo probably had more visits […]